Emery, CarolynCondliffe, ElizabethTremblay, Catherine2022-01-312022-01-312022-01-27Tremblay, C. (2022). Adapted Sport and Recreation Camps: Examining Physical Activity, Self-Perceptions, and Motivations for Participation in Youth with Physical Disabilities (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114363Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), self-perceptions, and motivation for participation in physical activity (PA) change following participation in a 5-day adapted sport and recreation (S&R) camp in youth aged 7-18 years with physical disabilities. Objectives: The first objective is to examine changes in weekly levels of MVPA in minutes in youth (ages 7-18 years) with a physical disability during, and at 6- and 12-months following participation in a 5-day adapted S&R camp compared to pre-camp MVPA. The second objective is to examine changes in self-perception and motivation for participation in PA in youth with a physical disability following a 5-day adapted S&R camp compared to pre-camp. Methods: This is a one-year longitudinal pre-experimental study that used Actigraphy to measure time spent in MVPA and used The Children’s Attraction to PA and the Self-Perception Profiles in Children measures to examine changes in self-perceptions and motivations for participating in PA. Data was collected pre-camp, during camp, and at 6- and 12-months post-camp. Results: Time spent in MVPA was higher during camp compared to pre-camp for children (z=-2.10; p=0.04) and adolescents (z=-2.31; p=0.03). This increase was not sustained at 6 months post-camp for both groups or at 12-months post-camp for the adolescent group (p>0.05). The children’s camp-group saw an increase in time spent in MVPA at 12-months post-camp relative to pre-camp (z=-2.02; p=0.04). Self-perceptions and attraction to physical activity did not meaningfully change on day 3, and 6-months and 12-months following participation in an adapted S&R camp. No apparent trends or patterns were seen based on individual level data. Conclusion: Time spent in MVPA, self-perceptions and attraction to PA in children did not change following participation in the adapted S&R camp. Future studies should consider a larger sample, a study design including a control group for comparison, and ways to improve psychosocial aspects when planning adapted S&R camps for youth with physical disabilities.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.adapted sportadapted sport and recreationphysical disabilitiesyouthadaptedself-perceptionattraction to physical activityEducation--SciencesRecreationRehabilitation and Therapymaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/39568